Jessie Wallace Hughan
1875
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1955
educated at: Barnard College, Columbia University, Northfield Mount Hermon School
occupation: teacher, peace activist
Jessie Wallace Hughan (December 25, 1875 – April 10, 1955) was an American educator, a socialist activist, and a radical pacifist. During her college days she was one of four co-founders of Alpha Omicron Pi, a national fraternity for university women. She also was a founder and the first Secretary of the War Resisters League, established in 1923. For over two decades, she was a perennial candidate for political office on the ticket of the Socialist Party of America in her home state of New York. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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